The most popular recipes in every state

Click through the slideshow to see the most searched receipts in each state.

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Click through the slideshow to see the most searched receipts in each state.

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The most popular recipes in every state

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What do aspiring cooks in Florida and Rhode Island have in common? They both search for recipes for chili more than any other dish.

Google Trends data collected between Jan. 26, 2016, and Jan. 26 of this year show the most popular recipe searches for every state. And while Floridians and Rhode Islanders love their chili, much of the rest of the nation craves sweets and baking instructions.

There were outliers as well. Health-conscious Colorado wants to know how to cook salmon, perhaps because it's so far from the ocean and therefore a rare treat.

Some recipe choices made perfect sense. Lousiana searched for its Cajun signature dish, jambalaya, while Mississippi sought out cornbread concoctions.

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Missouri was the only state whose top search was smoothie recipes. Whipping up yogurt and fruit in a blender apparently is a challenge in St. Louis.

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To see the top-searched recipes by state, click through the above gallery.